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frankly in his view he said he played golf with john boehner in 2011. it didn't get him anywhere anyway. he's sort of like why bother. >> woodruff: okay. we did hear the president address that today. carol lee, we thank you. joining us from the white house. brad sherman, we thank you. >> thanks. you. >> brown: you can watch the president's press conference in full online on our web site. still to come on the newshour, france fights islamist rebels in mali; an internet hero's tragic end; cuba eases travel restrictions; and big money behind the inauguration. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: suicides in the ranks of the u.s. military hit a record 349 last year. the associated press reported the figure was nearly 50 more than the previous year. it's also more than the 295 u.s. combat deaths in afghanistan in 2012. defense secretary leon panetta has called the problem of military suicide an epidemic. afghan president hamid karzai called today for a loya jirga-- or grand assembly-- to decide whether u.s. troops sh
frankly in his view he said he played golf with john boehner in 2011. it didn't get him anywhere anyway. he's sort of like why bother. >> woodruff: okay. we did hear the president address that today. carol lee, we thank you. joining us from the white house. brad sherman, we thank you. >> thanks. you. >> brown: you can watch the president's press conference in full online on our web site. still to come on the newshour, france fights islamist rebels in mali; an internet hero's...
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boehner keeps refusing invitations to multiple state dinners. there seems to be a problem when members of the republican caucus don't want to be seen to be having fun with the president or having dinner with the president because their constituency might not like it. >> right. i think there's something to that. i go back, that's where -- so he'll get this outside advice from friends outside the white house who say, do it informally, do more informal stuff. the formal stuff gets covered -- >> like breakfast or screening of "lincoln," casually sitting back and watching a movie. >> i got the same notes from the white house as well overnight on this topic. i know this bothers them. this bothers the president. he thinks it's unfair criticism. i'm telling you how it percolates. >> it percolates sometimes when people want to spread rumors that aren't true and really don't want to take responsibility for being intolerable and difficult to be around. quite frankly, if you're john boehner and you go to state dinners that president bush hosts and you don't
boehner keeps refusing invitations to multiple state dinners. there seems to be a problem when members of the republican caucus don't want to be seen to be having fun with the president or having dinner with the president because their constituency might not like it. >> right. i think there's something to that. i go back, that's where -- so he'll get this outside advice from friends outside the white house who say, do it informally, do more informal stuff. the formal stuff gets covered --...
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. >> the house can only control itself and i think part of the reason speaker boehner and others, we got ourselves into trouble we listened too much to harry reid and the president. we should do what we believe in, what we were elected to do and pass it over to the united states senate. the senate needs to do its job and they haven't. >> greta: it's interesting, secretary geithner sent a letter to speaker boehner about the debt and it's interesting, it says congress should act as early as possible to extend the following authority. the reason i thought it was interesting, no place in the letter does he say the president has the authority to raise it unilaterally. there's no sort of-- maybe there was no reason to include it in, but i thought that it was interesting it was silent. >> and the democrats have this crazy idea we print this multi-trillion dollar coin and that would supposedly make everything go away. the reality is, we have to stop spending money we don't have and you've got to attack entitlement reform and attack discretionary spending. >> greta: clock is ticking down. con
. >> the house can only control itself and i think part of the reason speaker boehner and others, we got ourselves into trouble we listened too much to harry reid and the president. we should do what we believe in, what we were elected to do and pass it over to the united states senate. the senate needs to do its job and they haven't. >> greta: it's interesting, secretary geithner sent a letter to speaker boehner about the debt and it's interesting, it says congress should act as...
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. >> house speaker john boehner has made it clear that he is eager to avoid a first-ever default on u.s. obligations, even if some republicans are not afraid of that idea. >>> secretary of state clinton will testify next wednesday before lawmakers about the deadly assault on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. clinton had been scheduled to testify last month but she suffered a concussion when she fell during an illness. she was later hospitalized with a blood clot in her head. >>> breaking news overnight. a authorities in philadelphia are offering $10,000 for information leading to the safe return of a 5-year-old girl. nalya robertson was last seen yesterday morning. that's when surveillance cameras saw her leaving her school with a woman wearing muslim-style clothing. an amber alert was sounded when it was discovered she was missing. >>> and the hero of the newtown, connecticut, school shooting attack was being honored. victoria soto died when trying to shield her students from that gunman. now, her hometown is going to name a school in her honor. construction will start this summer
. >> house speaker john boehner has made it clear that he is eager to avoid a first-ever default on u.s. obligations, even if some republicans are not afraid of that idea. >>> secretary of state clinton will testify next wednesday before lawmakers about the deadly assault on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. clinton had been scheduled to testify last month but she suffered a concussion when she fell during an illness. she was later hospitalized with a blood clot in her head....
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i have called several times to people like cantor and boehner and asking how much does it cost just to turn on the lights there and you guys to sit in the chair and say nothing. >> stephanie: right. there you go. if you want to cut the useless fat, cut their salaries, but not jan schakowsky. >> yeah, he is awesome. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: jim, glen beck is planning to construct a self sustaining libertarian camp in texas to the tune of $2 billion. >> it's like two time share companies sitting across the hall from each other -- isn't there one in idaho? >> stephanie: they have an amphitheater. >> how will they agree on anything? >> anarchy. >> i want what i want right now, and you -- >> stephanie: no traffic lights nothing. just go! go! whatever you want. >> no water. no roads. >> stephanie: no. he is planning to construct a self sustaining libertarian community. he dubs it independence park. it will be styled after gulf's gulch. >> oh, god. >> stephanie: independence park -- would you like the fun facts? [♪ fun-facts music ♪] >> stephanie: will produce te
i have called several times to people like cantor and boehner and asking how much does it cost just to turn on the lights there and you guys to sit in the chair and say nothing. >> stephanie: right. there you go. if you want to cut the useless fat, cut their salaries, but not jan schakowsky. >> yeah, he is awesome. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: jim, glen beck is planning to construct a self sustaining libertarian camp in texas to the tune of $2...
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speaker boehner has said it will make it the priority in the next congress. what is the likelihood that it's going to pass? >> reporter: it's very likely that the full $51 billion left on the table will pass by the end of the day, pass the house and go to the president's desk. they have passed 17 of it and the rest will likely come later. there is a but. this is not happening without a pretty significant protest vote that happened a short while ago. a republican amendment that would have offset the spending, $17 billion of the spending with across the board spending cuts. these are pretty steep cuts. if you talk about 17 billion, that's almost the entire agriculture department alone in a year. it really is significant in telling, in the feeling among republicans and it really does illustrate why we are going to have the big fights over the next couple of months to raise the debt ceiling and two-thirds of the republican caucuses voted for this. they want to send a message that they really, really needed it, that they want to cut spending for every doll they pu
speaker boehner has said it will make it the priority in the next congress. what is the likelihood that it's going to pass? >> reporter: it's very likely that the full $51 billion left on the table will pass by the end of the day, pass the house and go to the president's desk. they have passed 17 of it and the rest will likely come later. there is a but. this is not happening without a pretty significant protest vote that happened a short while ago. a republican amendment that would have...
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. >> if john boehner and mitch mcconnell think that they can come up with a plan that somehow meets their criteria that they've set for why they will -- when they will raise the debt ceiling, they are free to go ahead and try. jon: chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill now. how are some of the top republicans responding to president obama on this debt ceiling issue? >> reporter: well, jon, republicans are clearly uncomfortable with prominent democrats already talking about a tax increase when you consider the fiscal cliff deal raised taxes and every worker with a payroll tax hiring expiring and raised taxes on upper income americans even further, check your pay stub. a leading republican says responding to the president what's critical is getting spending under control. >> it's a compelling message saying we ned to pay the bills we've racked up. of it messes the whole point again. think of it in terms of a credit card. in you have a son or daughter who exceeds the limit, the first thing you do is rip up the card, the second thing you do is you say you need
. >> if john boehner and mitch mcconnell think that they can come up with a plan that somehow meets their criteria that they've set for why they will -- when they will raise the debt ceiling, they are free to go ahead and try. jon: chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill now. how are some of the top republicans responding to president obama on this debt ceiling issue? >> reporter: well, jon, republicans are clearly uncomfortable with prominent...
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host: after the news conference yesterday, house speaker john boehner responded with this statement -- " what are your thoughts on this? if the debt ceiling negotiable. some quick comments -- remember, you can post your comments on twitter. the first phone call is from maryland, a democratic caller, jill. caller: i don't believe the debt ceiling is negotiable. it is kind of ridiculous that the money is already owed, so why are we not going to pay what is owed to other people? if people have made investments, the bills have to be paid. i find it ridiculous that people in congress don't want to pay what is already owed. it does not make sense. host: here is the wall street journal this morning. caller: well, if you're asking me if that's true, i think there definitely needs to be somewhat of a compromise as far as spending cuts, but that is not an easy issue, because spending cuts mean job losses. it's not an easy thing to say a president will say we will stop paying the bills too. so there has to be compromised rehab the debt ceiling and some degree of trimming the fat, but i don't kno
host: after the news conference yesterday, house speaker john boehner responded with this statement -- " what are your thoughts on this? if the debt ceiling negotiable. some quick comments -- remember, you can post your comments on twitter. the first phone call is from maryland, a democratic caller, jill. caller: i don't believe the debt ceiling is negotiable. it is kind of ridiculous that the money is already owed, so why are we not going to pay what is owed to other people? if people...
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boehner has said he doesn't care about the sequester. we're willing to take the cuts without any adjustments. >> bill: marsha blackburn from tennessee said shut it down. >> shut it down. you could get like a list of quotes from these guys. all adding up to one thing. they don't really care. you know, what happens. they don't care about students. they don't care about schools. they don't care about public safety. they just -- let it all just crumble. also they can get their way. and this is -- i think legislative malpractice man. there ought to be a law. you shouldn't be able to just obstruct and stone wall that way and i'm hoping that the media -- i'm not talking about you because you get this stuff but i wish that the other elements of the media would stop saying congress is broken. no, congress is not broken. there is an element in congress, not even the entire republican caucus, but a part of it that is, in fact, broken and they don't want to legislate and they're happy to see it all fall into the sea. they need to start getting the b
boehner has said he doesn't care about the sequester. we're willing to take the cuts without any adjustments. >> bill: marsha blackburn from tennessee said shut it down. >> shut it down. you could get like a list of quotes from these guys. all adding up to one thing. they don't really care. you know, what happens. they don't care about students. they don't care about schools. they don't care about public safety. they just -- let it all just crumble. also they can get their way. and...
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he says, look, here it is, i'm a nice guy, i like a party just as well as anybody else, he says when boehner and i had that game of golf back in the summer of 2011 we had a good time. but it didn't lead to a deal getting done and he thinks that it's the republicans are just too dug in on their own political positions for any of that glad-handing to make a difference. >> he thinks the republicans, who is the president of the united states of america is the one dug in on spending cuts. look at cbo saying listen, cut 1%, 1%, get the 4.6 trillion dollars in debt relief over the next ten years, but is obama willing to do anything about it? he's not even going to have his budget on time and harry reid hasn't passed a budget in almost four years, but yet, blames the republicans who keep on passing budgets and sending them to harry reid and nothing gets done. >> megyn: but could any of this get solved? could any of this get solved by glad-handing, socializing, having people over for drinks? how did your dad do it. >> i tell you, he had to go to tip o'neill to get tip o'neill, the speaker of the hous
he says, look, here it is, i'm a nice guy, i like a party just as well as anybody else, he says when boehner and i had that game of golf back in the summer of 2011 we had a good time. but it didn't lead to a deal getting done and he thinks that it's the republicans are just too dug in on their own political positions for any of that glad-handing to make a difference. >> he thinks the republicans, who is the president of the united states of america is the one dug in on spending cuts. look...
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what john boehner issued a written statement after the president got up there and did his stevearino performance where oh, i'm not going to take away all greater thans, and people are afraid that somehow we're going to have massive gun control that takes away all their guns, a little rhetorical slights of hand. they're not going to take all their guns, but what guns are you going to take away? and on the debility ceiling, same deal. i do believe, even if a reporter happens to bring this up, that the president is not all that worried about it because he believes that the republicans have their backs up against the wall and frankly, he believes that they are no match for his razzle dazzle approach to politics. so far, at least, the republicans have not -- i don't believe, really risen to the occasion to expose, challenge, and offer a positive alternative. and i know they're trying, but issuing a written statement is not going to defeat the rhetorical skills of this president. >> steve: let's see what happens. in the meantime, let's talk about colin powell, former secretary of state. he
what john boehner issued a written statement after the president got up there and did his stevearino performance where oh, i'm not going to take away all greater thans, and people are afraid that somehow we're going to have massive gun control that takes away all their guns, a little rhetorical slights of hand. they're not going to take all their guns, but what guns are you going to take away? and on the debility ceiling, same deal. i do believe, even if a reporter happens to bring this up,...